{"id":"F2023L00777","name":"Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas (Import Levy) Regulations 2023","slug":"ozone-protection-and-synthetic-greenhouse-gas-import-levy-regulations-2023","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":441940,"registerId":"F2023L00777-fast-fetch-1775957095336","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas (Import Levy) Regulations 2023","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\nmeta-generator: Aspose.Words for .NET 22.10.0\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\n![Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia](image.001.jpeg)\n\n \n\nOzone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas (Import Levy) Regulations 2023\n\nI, General the Honourable David Hurley AC DSC (Retd), Governor‑General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following regulations.\n\nDated 25 May 2023\n\nDavid Hurley\n\nGovernor‑General\n\nBy His Excellency’s Command\n\nTanya Plibersek\n\nMinister for the Environment and Water\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nContents\n\nPart 1—Preliminary\n\n1 Name\n\n2 Commencement\n\n3 Authority\n\n4 Schedules\n\n5 Definitions\n\nPart 2—Exemption from import levy\n\n6 Conditions for exemption from import levy for SGGs—SGGs imported for destruction\n\n7 Exemption from import levy for SGG equipment—metered dose inhalers\n\nPart 3—Amount of import levy\n\n8 Amount of import levy—SGGs\n\n9 Amount of import levy—substances other than SGGs\n\n10 Amount of import levy—SGG equipment\n\nPart 4—Application and transitional provisions\n\n11 Application of this instrument as originally made\n\nSchedule 1—Repeals\n\nOzone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas (Import Levy) Regulations 2004\n\n \n\nPart 1—Preliminary\n\n \n\n1  Name\n\n  This instrument is the Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas (Import Levy) Regulations 2023.\n\n2  Commencement\n\n (1) Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.\n\n \n\n- Commencement information\n- Column 1 Column 2 Column 3\n- Provisions Commencement Date/Details\n- 1. The whole of this instrument The later of:(a) the start of the day after this instrument is registered; and(b) immediately after the commencement of Schedule 1 to the Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas (Import Levy) Amendment Act 2022. 14 June 2023(paragraph (a) applies)\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.\n\n (2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.\n\n3  Authority\n\n  This instrument is made under the Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas (Import Levy) Act 1995.\n\n4  Schedules\n\n  Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.\n\n5  Definitions\n\nNote 1: An expression used in the Act has the same meaning in the Act as it has in the Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas Management Act 1989: see section 3 of the Act.\n\nNote 2: A number of expressions used in this instrument are defined in the Act or the Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas Management Act 1989, including the following:\n\n(a) HCFC;\n\n(b) ODP tonnes;\n\n(c) reporting period;\n\n(d) SGG;\n\n(e) SGG equipment.\n\n  In this instrument:\n\nAct means the Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas (Import Levy) Act 1995.\n\nManagement Regulations means the Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas Management Regulations 1995.\n\nPart 2—Exemption from import levy\n\n \n\n6  Conditions for exemption from import levy for SGGs—SGGs imported for destruction\n\n (1) For the purposes of paragraph 3A(4)(b) of the Act, the following condition is specified, namely, that the licensee must give the Secretary evidence of the following in a form approved by the Secretary:\n\n (a) that an agreement for the destruction of the SGG, within 90 days after the import, has been entered into;\n\n (b) that the destruction of the SGG has taken place, or will take place, at:\n\n (i) a refrigerant destruction facility that a person is approved to operate under regulation 114 of the Management Regulations; or\n\n (ii) an extinguishing agent destruction facility that a person is approved to operate under regulation 306 of the Management Regulations;\n\n (c) that the SGG was destroyed within 90 days after the import.\n\n (2) The evidence must be given to the Secretary:\n\n (a) for the purposes of paragraph (1)(a)—before the SGG is imported; and\n\n (b) for the purposes of paragraph (1)(c)—within 30 days after the destruction.\n\n7  Exemption from import levy for SGG equipment—metered dose inhalers\n\n  For the purposes of subsection 4A(2) of the Act, a metered dose inhaler that is used for medical purposes is prescribed.\n\nPart 3—Amount of import levy\n\n \n\n8  Amount of import levy—SGGs\n\n  For the purposes of the definition of prescribed rate in subsection 3A(7) of the Act, the amount prescribed is $165.\n\n9  Amount of import levy—substances other than SGGs\n\n  For the purposes of subsection 4(5) of the Act, the amount of levy is:\n\n (a) for the import of an HCFC—$3,000 per ODP tonne; and\n\n (b) for the import of methyl bromide—$135 per tonne.\n\n10  Amount of import levy—SGG equipment\n\n  For the purposes of the definition of prescribed rate in subsection 4A(5) of the Act, the amount prescribed is $165.\n\nPart 4—Application and transitional provisions\n\n \n\n11  Application of this instrument as originally made\n\n (1) This instrument as originally made applies in relation to reporting periods that start on or after the commencement time.\n\n (2) The Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas (Import Levy) Regulations 2004, as in force immediately before the repeal of that instrument, continue to apply in relation to reporting periods starting before the commencement time, as if that repeal had not happened.\n\n (3) In this section:\n\ncommencement time means the commencement of Schedule 1 to the Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas (Import Levy) Amendment Act 2022.\n\nSchedule 1—Repeals\n\n \n\nOzone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas (Import Levy) Regulations 2004\n\n1  The whole of the instrument\n\nRepeal the instrument.\n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument replaces the 2004 Regulations and preserves the existing import levy framework while updating levy amounts and setting specific procedural conditions for exemptions (Schedule 1; regs 6–10; reg 11). It does not expand legal liability beyond importers/licensees under the Act but alters costs and compliance requirements by prescribing rates and evidence/timing rules."},"complexity_factors":["Multiple monetary rates that vary by product class (SGGs and SGG equipment at $165; HCFCs $3,000 per ODP tonne; methyl bromide $135 per tonne) (regs 8–10)","Procedural evidence and tight time limits for exemption eligibility (agreement before import; destruction within 90 days; proof to Secretary within 30 days) (reg 6(1)–(2))","Delegation of form and approval power to the Secretary (requirement to give evidence ‘in a form approved by the Secretary’) (reg 6(1))","Cross‑references to the parent Act and the Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas Management Regulations 1995, requiring interpretation across instruments and defined terms (regs 3, 5)","Transitional and repeal mechanics replacing the 2004 regulations and tying application to reporting periods and commencement of another Act schedule (reg 11; Schedule 1; reg 2)","A narrowly framed equipment exemption for metered dose inhalers used for medical purposes, which creates a targeted carve‑out (reg 7)"],"plain_english_summary":"These regulations set the import levy rates and narrow exemptions for synthetic greenhouse gases (SGGs), certain ozone‑depleting substances and related equipment. Importers (or licensed importers) pay fixed levy amounts and must give the Secretary approved evidence and meet timing rules to claim an exemption for SGGs destroyed after import or for medical metered‑dose inhalers, so the instrument changes import costs and creates specific compliance steps for affected businesses."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is a straightforward remake of the 2004 Regulations with updated levy amounts. The scope remains limited to setting import levy rates and exemptions as originally intended under the 1995 parent Act. No expansion of purpose or coverage."},"complexity_factors":["Short instrument: only 11 substantive sections plus a repeal schedule","Minimal defined terms: only 3 explicit definitions in section 5, with others incorporated by reference from parent Acts","Simple conditional structure: only one exemption with conditions (section 6) requiring evidence of destruction agreements and timing","No nested exceptions or complex cross-referencing beyond basic references to parent Act provisions","Straightforward monetary prescriptions without formulas or calculations","Single transitional provision (section 11) with clear cut-off based on reporting periods"],"plain_english_summary":"This law imposes import levies on certain ozone-depleting and synthetic greenhouse gases and on equipment pre-charged with them (e.g., refrigerants, fire‑suppression and industrial gases), updating and replacing the 2004 rules. Rates include $165/t for synthetic greenhouse gases and equipment, $3,000 per ODP tonne for HCFCs, and $135/t for methyl bromide. Medical inhalers are exempt; imports of substances shown to be destroyed at approved facilities within 90 days can be exempt. The levies aim to curb harmful imports and fund environmental measures."},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. 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